Natural hazards · Beaver

Beaver, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaver comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Beaver?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaver to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes14%Ice storms10%Cold waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Beaver faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Beaver flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Beaver.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Beaver isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Carroll County.

Disasters that hit Beaver

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Beaver itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Beaver.

Brought FEMA money into BeaverDeclared for Carroll County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$20K to the Town of Beaver for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$49K to the Town of Beaver for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $24K to the Town of Beaver for repairs

2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$9K to the Town of Beaver for repairs

Carroll County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Beaver is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beaver’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beaver. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.